Definition of Shlep

1. Noun. (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person.

Exact synonyms: Schlep, Schlepper, Shlepper
Category relationships: Yiddish
Generic synonyms: Simple, Simpleton

2. Verb. Walk or tramp about. "The children shlep to the playground"
Exact synonyms: Traipse
Generic synonyms: Walk

3. Noun. A tedious or difficult journey.
Exact synonyms: Schlep
Generic synonyms: Journey, Journeying

4. Verb. Pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance. ; "She pulled along a large trunk"
Exact synonyms: Pull Along, Schlep
Generic synonyms: Drag
Specialized synonyms: Tow

Definition of Shlep

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of schlep) ¹

2. Verb. (alternative spelling of schlep) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shlep

1. to schlep [v SHLEPPED, SHLEPPING, SHLEPS] - See also: schlep

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shlep

shivoos
shivs
shivved
shivving
shiznit
shkatulkalite
shkotzim
shlemiehl
shlemiehls
shlemiel
shlemiels
shlenter
shlep (current term)
shlepp
shlepped
shlepper
shleppers
shlepping
shlepps
shleps
shlimazel
shlimazels
shlock
shlockier
shlockiest
shlockmeister
shlocks

Literary usage of Shlep

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elson's Pocket Music Dictionary: The Important Terms Used in Music with by Louis Charles Elson (1909)
"... and possess a trio. Scherzhaft (Ger.) (s/i?rts-haft.) (sportive, merry. Schietto (It.) (ske-?i-to.) Simple, plain, neat. Schleppend (Ger.) (shlep- ..."

2. Life and Writings of Grant Thorburn by Grant Thorburn (1852)
"... tending the shlep on the heather hills of Scotland, and without having seen a college, he confounded the learned Doctors in Edinburgh, with High Dutch, ..."

3. The English Spelling-book: Accompanied by a Progressive Series of Easy and by William Fordyce Mavor (1825)
"shlep supply u$ with food: their flesh is A sheep is a timid animal, and runs from a dog; yet an ewe will face a dog when a lamb is by her side: she thinks ..."

4. British Farmer's Magazine (1872)
"First and second prizes, Sir J. Marjoribanks of Lees, Bart., Coldstream. EXTRA shlep.—Commended, J. Caverhill ..."

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